Vice President JD Vance called out European leaders in a speech Friday at the Munich Security Conference, arguing that Europeans must commit to free speech and fair elections if they are to have societies worth fighting for.
“The crisis this Continent is facing, the one I believe we all face together, is one of our own making,” Vance said at the three-day conference in Germany. “If you’re running in fear of your own voters, there’s nothing America can do for you.”
Vance used the security conference speech not to talk about external threats, but to express the Trump administration’s strong disapproval of what it sees as an assault on democratic values throughout Europe.
Speaking just minutes after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen spoke proudly of her plans to expand the European Union’s economic ties with Ukraine, Vance came with a…
